--- product_id: 8051783 title: "Spartan Women" price: "592 kr" currency: DKK in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/8051783-spartan-women store_origin: DK region: Denmark --- # Spartan Women **Price:** 592 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Spartan Women - **How much does it cost?** 592 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/8051783-spartan-women) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In this book, Sarah Pomeroy seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women--including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. Written by one of the leading authorities on women in antiquity, this is the first full-length study of Spartan women. Review: Sarah Pomeroys' Spartan Women - In Archaic and Classical Greece (800 to 500, and 500 to 330 B.C.E), there was but one place in the Greek world where women were approximately equal to men: Sparta. Girls were provided with an education that, intellectually, was at least equivalent to that of boys. In contrast to Athens, where girls were "given in marriage" by age 15 by their male guardians to someone at least twice their age, Spartan women had a voice -- a stong one -- in agreeing to the man they would marry. Certainly life was difficult in those times, but women engaged in athletics, hunted in the mountains, and managed the family property when their husbands were away on frequent and extended military duty. Battle deaths for Spartan soldiers were so high in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries that from one-third to 40 percent of property in Sparta was owned by women. Sarah Pomeroy is a leading scholar of the topic and the period, her book is the leader in this field, and I was delighted to receive a copy of it promptly and at a fair price. I recommend it most highly. Review: stop repeating - Some books just seem to repeat the same material. I understand that alot of what the subjects were intertwined but try to lessen the amount of times you repeat the same thing. Overall, I think it is a good thing to have a book on just Spartan women, see how they were with the hypermasculine society. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #2,028,622 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #348 in Botany (Books) #809 in Archaeology (Books) #1,229 in Gender Studies (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 46 Reviews | ## Images ![Spartan Women - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Nswuq+9pL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sarah Pomeroys' Spartan Women *by J***N on November 8, 2009* In Archaic and Classical Greece (800 to 500, and 500 to 330 B.C.E), there was but one place in the Greek world where women were approximately equal to men: Sparta. Girls were provided with an education that, intellectually, was at least equivalent to that of boys. In contrast to Athens, where girls were "given in marriage" by age 15 by their male guardians to someone at least twice their age, Spartan women had a voice -- a stong one -- in agreeing to the man they would marry. Certainly life was difficult in those times, but women engaged in athletics, hunted in the mountains, and managed the family property when their husbands were away on frequent and extended military duty. Battle deaths for Spartan soldiers were so high in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries that from one-third to 40 percent of property in Sparta was owned by women. Sarah Pomeroy is a leading scholar of the topic and the period, her book is the leader in this field, and I was delighted to receive a copy of it promptly and at a fair price. I recommend it most highly. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stop repeating *by C***R on October 14, 2013* Some books just seem to repeat the same material. I understand that alot of what the subjects were intertwined but try to lessen the amount of times you repeat the same thing. Overall, I think it is a good thing to have a book on just Spartan women, see how they were with the hypermasculine society. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ first-rate work *by D***N on August 22, 2011* Much has been written on Sparta, in both contemporary history ( The Spartans: The World of the Warrior-Heroes of Ancient Greece , Sparta ), and popular historical fiction ( 300 , Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae .) While women are addressed ancillarily in these works, little has been written about them specifically. Pomeroy does a magnificent job in righting this. There is a dearth of primary sources on Sparta in particular, let alone women in ancient Sparta. ( The Histories, Revised (Penguin Classics) devotes some attention, although his observations are questionable, Lysistrata (Dover Thrift Editions) is considered somewhat prejudicial; The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) discusses much of early Spartan history, but demonstrates a typcial Greek attitude to women by its absence; On Sparta (Penguin Classics) and PLUTARCH: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans (Complete and Unabridged) are the most referenced.) Using these sources, as well as art and sociological metrics, Pomeroy writes as complete and detailed a history of women in ancient Sparta as one is likely to find. To the ancient Greeks, Spartan women were an analomy: they were educated equally to men, they were encouraged to speak up, they had property rights. As a result, many ancient sources were prejudicial in their treatment of them. Pomeroy places these differences within the broader Spartan social context, arguing that given Spartan culture (one that as a matter of state policy subverted individual wants to those of the collective and the state), the treatment of and attitude towards women not only makes sense, but is to be admired. Her discussion of the education of Spartan women and the social roles of wife and mother were the strongest chapters in the book. Her discussion of elite and working-class women (Spartan, Helot and perioikoi) was not as tightly supported. For those interested in classical history or women's history, I highly recommend this work. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.dk/products/8051783-spartan-women](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/8051783-spartan-women) --- *Product available on Desertcart Denmark* *Store origin: DK* *Last updated: 2026-09-05*